Hunger and malnutrition claim: 10 million lives every year 25,000 lives
every day, one life every 5 seconds

842 million people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations
of USA, Canada, Europe and Japan
Source: FAO & The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2003

842 million people are hungry in the developing world - 1 in three lives
in sub-Saharan Africa
Source: FAO & The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2003 -
FAO & The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2003, p7

In the 1990s, global poverty dropped by 20%. The number of hungry people
increased by 18 million
Source: Food as Aid: Trends, Needs and Challenges in the 21st Century

314.9 million of the world's hungry live in South Asia - more than the
populations of Australia and USA
Source: Agriculture in the Global Economy, Bread for the World Institute,
2003,p132-135 (from FAO & The State of Food Insecurity in the
World, 2002) - Agriculture in the Global Economy, Bread for the World Institute,
2003,p126-127

By 2020, HIV will kill 20% of southern Africa's farm workers.
Source: Bread for the World Institute, Agriculture in the Global Economy
2003, p126-127

Food is often the main need for poor families living with HIV.

There are 11 million AIDS orphans in Africa. Most never learnt how their
parents grew and prepared food
Source: UNICEF's Africa's Orphaned Generations (Nov 2003)

Without good nutrition, anti-retroviral drugs are not as effective.
They should be taken on a full stomach

In Thailand, daily micro-nutrient consumption cuts mortality rates among
the HIV-infected population
Source: Working Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS of the UN Standing
Committee on Nutrition (SCN), July 2003.

Drought is the main cause of food shortages in poor countries. Irrigation
boosts crop yields by up to 400%
Source: FAO, The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2003

The world produces enough food for everyone. But over 800 million people
remain chronically hungry
Source: Bread for the World Institute, Agriculture in the Global Economy
2003, p2 - FAO, The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2003